TestZipFiles

This page was last updated on July 18, 2009.

Here are two scripts to test your .zip files. One runs fully in the command line. The other uses kdialog – a GUI program.

Command Line

#!/bin/bash
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# TEST ZIP FILES #
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echo
# ASKS WHERE ZIP FILES ARE KEPT.
echo "What is the path to the zip files? Example: /home/$USER"
echo
# READS YOUR REPLY.
read zipdirectory
echo
# TELLS YOU THAT IT'S TESTING THE ZIP FILES.
echo "Testing zip files - please wait..."
echo
# PERFORMS THE TEST.
zip -T $zipdirectory/*.zip
# ABORTS IF ZIP FILES ARE NO GOOD.
if [ $? != "0" ] ; then
   echo "The zip test failed - aborting script!"
   exit 1
fi
echo
# LETS YOU KNOW IT'S FINISHED.
echo "Done! Your zip files are good!"

GUI

#!/bin/bash
# THIS FILE WAS CREATED BY FRANK PIRRONE.

# ANNOUNCES SCRIPT ACTION
kdialog --msgbox "This script will test zip files in a directory you choose."

# USER SELECTS DIRECTORY
kdialog --getexistingdirectory * > /tmp/zip_test_dir

# POPUP ANNOUNCES CHECKING - PERSIST 3 SECONDS
kdialog --passivepopup "checking zip files" 3

# ZIP PERFORMS VALIDITY TEST
zip -T `cat /tmp/zip_test_dir`/*.zip

# READ STDERR  AND ABORT IF TEST FAILS
if [ $? != "0" ] ; then
  kdialog --msgbox "The zip test failed - aborting script!"
  exit 1
fi

# OTHERWISE ANNOUNCE SUCCESSFUL CHECK
kdialog --msgbox "Done! Your zip files are good!"

# CLEAN UP TEMP FILE
rm -f /tmp/zip_test_dir

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.